THE gentlemen at the Arrunga Community Men’s Shed in Ermington do an extraordinary job of fixing and creating, but their latest job is one with a difference.
 
They are modifying a table-tennis table so that it can be used by blind and vision-impaired people for their own version of table-tennis called swish.
 
Swish also allows vision-impaired and sighted people to play on almost equal terms.
 
A swish table is about 60cm longer than a regular table-tennis table and the net is actually a wall.
 

 Imagine feeling a slimy jellyfish, a prickly cactus or map directions on your iPad mini Retina display, because that’s where tactile technology is headed. But you’ll need more than just an index finger to feel your way around.
 

 
The Delhi High Court on Wednesday issued notices to the Centre and others on a PIL seeking quashing of an examination notice of UPSC for the upcoming Civil Services Examination on the ground of non-compliance of 1% quota for visually impaired applicants.
The bench headed by Chief Justice G Rohini also sought responses within four weeks from the Union Public Service Commission and Department of Perso nnel and Training on the petition filed by NGO Sambhavana, which works for disabled persons.

 
An e-book for children with visual impairments is soon to be available at Apple’s iBook store as a free download on your iPad.
 
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Titled Reach for the Stars: Touch, Look, Listen, Learn, the e-book is inspired by a new Hubble Space
 
Telescope image of the colourful 30 Doradus Nebula – a giant star-forming region.
 

Varun Mahato, a 24-year-old visually impaired, boards a bus to hisNoida office every day. His journey is a "struggle" because he often travels standing as the seats reserved for those with disability remain occupied by the abled who often callously refuse to offer him a seat.
Mahato ends up missing his bus on various occasions, as other commuters at bus stops nudge and push, making it impossible for him to climb on.Mahato is not alone in his despair.

Japanese men with higher blood pressure were more likely to have impaired color vision, a new study has found.

Researchers said that for now, it’s not clear what explains the findings.

According to Dr. Saadia Rashid, damage to certain parts of the eye that occurs as a result of high blood pressure could ultimately lead to vision loss. It’s possible that impaired color vision could be a sign of future problems related to high blood pressure, also known as hypertension, said Rashid, an ophthalmologist from Montefiore Medical Center in New York.